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Editors Note: Rev. Matthews Is a Pre by;.;.lIggan Minister in they First Church i eattle. Wash. l'h iaresbyterlan. Church lha been one of the greatest forces fo iberty, education, aid evangelista I merica has ever had, i think. I T' was the author c modern represer PRESBY. tative Republica TFERIANS gi nkenm. ea owes much of her-governme1 to the Presbyterian Church. Sh 4 has .been one of this government greatest examples and most powet ful defende,- In the old days th Presbyterian church's adherence t doctrines and principles, added t the stre. gth, character, and inte ,' rity of American- citizenship. I T. these latter days,. it seems to ni she has come upon perilous time, FIRST. -- T lie Presbyteria Church commits a folly and si if she permits infamous herc " 'tics who deny the deity of Chris " and the infallibility of the Bible t stay in her ranks and to occupy he SOME [ACTS ABOUT THE PUBLIC PRINTING To the Editor: I respectfully request space in your valuable paper to give a few facts and figures, compiled from the public records, in regard to the work of the joint committee on printing. The committee was established by law. ii 1916 as a result of an inves tigation of a spelial committee of both houses, the findings of which showed that the method of handling the, state's printing was careless and inefficient, and that a more efficient method could be made to yield large dividend{ for a small investment of expense. These conclusions of the special committee were well founded, as subsequent developments have yproved. Gradually the work of the committee has expanded until today not only the public printing is han dled by it, but all office supplies and printing for all departments of the state government are purchased through the committee and the total net savings aggregate a considerable sun. The average annual cost of the pub lic printing for the six-year period from 1911 to 1917 was $32,901.81, while for the six-year period from 1917 to 1923 the average annual cost is so far $28,108, with the permanent code of laws of 1922 still to be paid for, which will make a general aver age of $32,444.66 a year for the past six years, though this average will be reduced by refunds from the sale of the! -922 code. This reduction of the average yearly cost has-been attained despite the fact that within the past 'Pew years the cost of printing has more than doubled and the "deflation" in this industry has not kept pace With that in other lines. (The price of book paper of the grade used for the state printing is now 8 1-2 to 9 cents per pound, as against 4 and 5 cents per pound in 1914 and previous years. At one time it reached 16 cents. Wages, which increased an average of about 100 per cent., have not declined at all.) The figures of cost for public print ing for the years 1011 to 1922, both inclusive, are as follows: First Period 1911 ---------.-..-........$25,000.00 1912---- ---- -.-- --.-.43,606.41 19183-----.---- -----------...0,341.45 1914 ---------------- -----41,115.59 1915 -----..--._-- .._.._...25,000.00 1916 ------------.--.-......32,347.44 Second Period - (It was here that the committee be 197 - -__-_ _ ._$18,658.37 1918 -------- ---- ----..-..16,519.07T 1919 ---- ----- --------.-.-18,177.16 1920 ---------- ------.----..2,800.00 To Our Pd ,On and afi conduct our b basis. This re of parts, shop accessories. We take thi for the libera - have given us -to serve our eli thtat the savirl to affect by o1 us to give yoi goods than yo where. We wvill coni - Lincoln cars o Clarendon I "THE FORI Ooodyjear Tires! #4'i r Rev.MA.Mattiiews D..I.L.D. AUTOCASTER t pulpits. I insist she has no right to e allow such enemies of God, of a home, and of government to carry her name. I think a Presbyterian minister who denies the deity of 3 Christ or the infallible Word of 3 God and continues to occupy a - Presbyterian pulpit is drawing his money under false pretenses. We ' have all taken oath to teach the ' deity of Christ and the infalli a bility of God's Word, and for that n we receive position and comnpensa - tion. t SECOND - T h e Presbyterian > Church commits a folly when she r becomes a meal ticket for faddists 1921 -- ---_. _ .-_' 48,353.80 1922 (includes permanent code, estimated) - ---- 67,060.00 It will be noted that during the first three years of the committee's existence the amount spent for pubs lie printing was practically cut in half. This was accomplished by re ducing the volume of reports printed Jby state officials and by the elimina 'tion of much useless duplication in the public printing. The increased .cost for the past few years has been due to advanced prices for printing and to the inclusion of both the tem porary and permanent code of laws, which the constitution requires to be printed twice at each recurring period of ten years. Under the contract made for the publication of the per manent code this committee will re ceive a considerable sum from the sale of the code to members of the bar and others. This money will be refunded to the state treasury and should be deducted from the appro priation of 1922. Comparing 1914 and 1922 In order to make an accurate com parison of 1914 and 1922 it is neces sary to make somewhat of an analy sis of the 1922 appropriation. Of the total of $76,851 appropriated this year $49,274.52 will be expended for public printing proper as against $39;495.59 for 1914. Reports of boards, commissions, etc., created since 1914, changes in the law which required payment from the public printing funds instead of from de partment funds, together with reports of special committees authorized by the general assembly, accounts for $5,833.58 of the difference, leaving actually spent for the same work only $4,487.49 more in 1922 than in 1914, when everycne knows, or can easily ascertaiu, that the cost of printing is now practically doubled what it was in 1914. Had there been no joint committee on printing in 1922 the probabilities are that the appropriation would have been con piderably in excess of $100,000. In comparing the years 1914 and 1P22 the extra session of 1914 has been included. If it is believed that this is. unfair the following figures will show. that in volume of work over which the committee could have no control the comparison is, if anything unfair to 1922. The acts of 1914, both regular and special sessions, contained 788 pages whereas the acts of 1922 contained 948 pages. In 1914 for both regular and special sessions, there were print ed 4,492 p ages of bills, while for the session of 1922 there vtere printed 4, 240 page of bills. There was also appropriated for the operating expenses of the committee for 1922, $4,991; for eguipment, $1, 800; and as a revovling fund to pur chase office supplies, $3,000. Of the amount for oper-ating expenses sev eral hundred dollars willl probably be gtrons: er August 15th we will usiness on a strictly cash fers to the merchandising repairs, gasoline, oil and s means of thanking you I patronage which you .Our constant effort is stomers well. We believe gs which we will be able ir new policy will enable r better prices on quality ui will be able to find ele Linue to sell our Ford and ni liberal time payments. V1otor Co. } FOLKS" Willard Batteries! and place-hunters who constantly devise schemes and plans and or. ganizations to increase their power, patronage and patrimony. They live and work exclusively that they may subsist upon such efTorts. THI RD - T h c Presbyter'an Church commits a folly when she permits her e.nemies to begin to build machinery and centralize her government, thereby detracting from her power. I don't believe Presbyterians wi:t submit to centralized power por to dictation by agents and machines. They crushed that kind of p'wcr once. I hope they will crush- it again. It must be crushed in gov ernments and it mist be crushel in the church. The Presbyterian Church shou'ld return to the sovereign ty an d rower and supremacy of her l't .s >yterian government aiI1l to tic control by her presbyteries. ilear my plea! *A wa1:e. grand o.1 Churcl of liberty, rigihtuts... 3 md ev. gelisin. unused and will revert to the treas ury, which is likewise true of the amolnt for equipment. This equip ment will practically pay for itself in 1922, and as its probable life is five or six years there is a cohsiderable net gain to the state. The revolving fund is exactly what its name implies. tI is used to pur cbase office supplies for the various departments. These supplies which, before this committee began to act as purchasing agent, were bought at retail prices in small quantities, are now bought at wholesale, entailing a saving of practically $3,000 for 1922. This money is refunded to the state treasury as the different departments settle their accounts. There is another phase of the com mittee's work which has been prodoc tive of lowered operating costs for other departments o fthe government. Contracts for all job printing for the various departments are awarded through this office. A considerable sum has been saved not only by se curing the best prices by competitive bidding, but expert advice in the use of. paper has saved a great amount of money. Besides there is a ten dency towards co-ordination and stan dardization which has often prevented the printing of unnecessary forms. The small expense to which the state is put for the operating ex penses of the joint committee on print ing is returned many times in the economies which the committee has been able to effect. The committee is the one department of the govern ment which was instituted simply and solely for the purpose of economiz ing. That in has more than fulfilled the mission which the authors of the act creating it had in mind is clearly demonstrated by the, figures given above, \which are taken from the pub lic records. Niels Christensen, Chajrman Joint Committee on Print ing. Beaufort. I"EEBLEMINDNESS AT THE STATE PENITENTIARY A recent study made by the Na tional Comimttee for Mental Hygiene of three hundred and ten inmates of the State Penitentiary and the State Farms shows some startling facts: 64.2 per cent of all these inmates were handicapped by some abnormal mental conditi , either subnormal in intelligence, feebleminded, psychopa thic personality, or suffering with epilepsy, brain disease, drug addiction or glanular disorders. 10.4 per cent, or practically one- in every five, were found to be definitely feebleminded. 40 per cent were repeated offend ers, individuals who had served pre vious sentences and had been in and out of courts before, individuals in whom the state had failed to accom plish what It had set out to accom lish--to effect their reformation. 33.2 per cent had never gone to school and were, illiterate. 71 per cent had not progressed be yond the fourth grade at school. If these persons are typical of the penal population in South Carolina, andl there is no reason to believe that they are not, our courts and prisons are dealing more than half of the time wvith offenders who are either below the average in Intelligence or who are . otherwise abnormal men, tally. Such persons' are always po tential criminals and'in periods of dis order and under the influence of so called crime waves, they become an even greater than usual menace to society. Mental Defect in Our Jail Populati on Of the two hunderd and thirty-four inmates studied in the county jails of Anderson, Pickens, Kershaw, Lex ington, Richland, Florence and Char leston. 13.7 per cent were found to be feebleminded. 47 per cent, were repeated offend ers, and 56 per cent were handicapped by some abnormal mental condition. If these defectives could be- dis coveredl in the county jails and their mental condhition made a part of their recrods, it would prove of great value to the courts in deciding what should be (lone with them, and to the officials of penal Institutions In de termining sabtematmen. .Tired 1 "I was weak and run-down," relates Mrs. Eula Burnett, of Dalton, Ga. "I was thin and just felt tired, all the time. ever hungry. I knew, by this, I needed a tonic, and as there is none better than ICARDUIp The Womnai's Tonic S.., I began using Cardul," continues Mrs. Burnett. "After my first bottle, I slept better and ate better. I took four bottles. Now I'm well, feel just fine, eat and sleep, my skin Is clear and I have gained and sure feel that Cardul is the best tonio ever made." I Thousands of other women Ihave found Cardul just as Mrs. Burnett did. It should help you. At all druggists. The statistics quoted above portray of those who are mentally abnormal or subnormal the danger to the state and the community. These persons commit a most disproportionate number of our crimes and unless they have been properly trained in child hood remain social problems through out their lives. Their pitiable yet menacing condition adds another un answerable argument for the proper care and training of these unfortun ates while they are still young. STATES GET WAR MATERIALS FOR USE IN ROAD BUILDING Surplus war material valued at $139,773,986 was delivered to the States for use in road construction up to July 1, reports the Bureau of Public Roads, United States Depart ment Agriculture. The material, which consisted of-all sorts of supplies and equipment suitable for road building for which the War Depart ment bad no further need, was distri buted on the same basis as monetary Federal aid. In value of material delivered, Tex as and New York lead with nearly $8,000,000 worth of material, and every State with the exception of five of the smaller ones received supplies valued at over $1,000,000. This material has been of great value in road construction, and there is hardly a county in the United States in which sonic of it has not been used. Probably of greatest value has been the 29,326 motor vehicles distributed, consisting of 24,762 truck~s and 4,573 automobiles, and in addition a large number of tractors. The system of distribution has been so arranged that the State re quisition only material useful to them. In some cases they' fall behind in al lotments in order to wait for material particularly desired. Many of the States have shown great ingenuity Professional Cards JNO. G. DINKINS Attorney-at-Law MANNING, S. C. DuRANT & ELLERBE Attorneys-at-Law MANNING, S. C. R. O. Purdy S. Olivei' O'Bryan PURDY & O'BRYAN Attorneys and Counselors at Law MANNING. S. C. FRED LESESNE Attorney-at-Law MANNING, S. C-. J. W. WIDEMAN Attorney-at-Law MANNING, S. C. HI. C. CURTIS Attorney-at-Law MANNING, S. C. J. A. Weinberg Taylor HI. Stukes WEINBERG & STUKES Attorneys-at-Law -MANNING .& (. ___________Page Seven in conditioning worn equipment, Us- TRAGIC DEATH ingwar material to equip shops in which other war material is mode suitable for use. Yosemite, o ,te Aug. 7.--Miss Eli Th zabeth Jones, the seventeen-year-old There is still a large quantity of (laughter of Prof. L. W. Jones, head material in this country for distribu.. of the department of chemistry, tion. This will be further increased Princeton University, met a tragic by material used bf the army of oc- death in the Yosemite valley late yes by ' terday when she slipped and fell over eupation in Germany soon to be a cliff into swirling waters of Merced brought back. river. Baby Wants Name, Not Gold, says mother. . . . .:. . :: "ABY CCRN E L44VE COIRMELIU' VANDERILT WHITNEY - FOpNTAINE The son of multi-millionaire -Harry Payne Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, has been asked to give his name to the 18-month - ( old baby of Miss Evan Burrows IFonfaine, noted Oriental dancer of -a New York. The action was started when the engagement of young Whitney to ?Miss Marie Norton, society girl of New York, was announced. The (lancer claims young Whit - - ney wante'd to marry her while he - . was student at Yale but she refused as theirs was a true love match and she didn't want to hurt his career. - lie grew cold' -she says, when she told hin of the baby, which she - now ca'is Cornelius Vanderbilt -Whitney, Jr. It's a name not gold that my baby MlSS MARIE MORTON wants, she says. --- _ _Miss Norton says her friendship for young Whitney is unchm1ndP(l. 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